I’m almost ending my posts about my trip to Cuba… Today another destinations that we visited. Viñales, is an area where most tours can be done. It is an hour and a half’s drive away from La Habana.

When we were arriving we had lunch in a typical restaurant there. As you can see in the first pictures we were in the middle of a forest which just crossed a poorly paved road. The typical food there is the lobster being served with a variety of different salads.

Then we arrived at our Hotel, Los Jazmines. From my room you can see the view across the countryside with mountain and wooded hills called “mogotes”. Really amazing. So in the afternoon we decided to take a trip on horse to explore and learn more about the field. It is very typical to find farmers with their oxen or cows.

The next day in our way to discover a real snuff factory we stopped at this huge mural with paintings of prehistory. I was amazed with the mixture of colors that they used and how well they represented all the figures and animals they saw.

Tobacco factory was something I really loved to know. We went to Eduardo Hernández factory and he made ​​us a tour and explained the complete process of how to do a unadulterated pure. After collecting snuff leaves they are divided carefully layered from the inside to do a pure. Some leaves are use for the inside, others for the middle layer, the other for the outer layer… The leaves are stored by type in these small huts where they are kept cool and in a damp environment.

Directly from the snuff factory we went to Las Cuevas del Indio. They received this name because it is where the Indians were hiding when they saw from the top of the mountains that someone was coming to attack them. Yo go walking and then in a boat to get out of the cave where there were some typical restaurants. I especially loved the stalactites and stalagmites because they are united after thousands of years because they only grow up 2mm every 100 years!

Well, and I think this is all for today. Hope you like this super post and have a happy Sunday my friends.